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Little Warrior: Shippou and the Thunder Brothers

Kagome was sure Sango's demeanor would change. She expected it, but the next morning, Sango had acted like the night before had never happened. In fact, she was more cheerful than normal. It worried her slightly, but she didn't say anything. After all, if Sango went off the deep end, it would've been her fault. She was the one who brought up all the questions.

She mulled over Sango's past while picking wild flowers. It had become her favorite pastime, it being the only thing she could do without being insulted by the villagers. 'Paranoid jerks,' she thought angrily. She was immensely happy for Sango's friendship, if it wasn't for her, Kagome was sure the villagers would've killed her by now.

"What is it about me that makes people go all crazy?" she mused.

"Your scent is like a hanyou, yet you have no demonic traits. Explain this."

She had no explanation. Except that the demon lord was crazy. Mean and crazy. Once again her thoughts went back to him. She still dreamed of him. And in her dreams, he was always tender and loving. Not a violent arrogant asshole.

"This Sesshoumaru would never save a worthless girl."

"Jerk," she muttered rubbing her cheek in remembrance.

Well, she would never see him again, thank Kami-sama. But that little girl. Rin. What happened to her? She recalled Lord Sesshoumaru speaking of her. Did that mean she was safe?

"Hmph, who could be safe with that demon? Or any other demon for that matter?"

Try as she might, she couldn't imagine Sesshoumaru attacking the little girl though. 'No he reserves his attacks for me,' she thought wryly. A crack of lightening drew her attention.

"A storm?" she wondered watching as dark clouds began to form just north of her location.

She looked around to see if the sky was getting darker, but the sounds of thunder and the flash of lightening only seemed to be coming from that direction.

"That's strange," she said standing up to gaze at the clouds.

They were getting bigger, and they seemed to be moving in her direction at an alarming pace. Not bothering to stick around to get wet, Kagome turned tail and ran as fast as she could towards the shared hut with Sango and Kohaku, skidding to a stop before to could run Sango over.

"Kagome, what is it?" Sango asked watching as Kagome tried to still her breathing.

"Big pant storm clouds pant ran pant before pant could get pant wet," she managed to get out. Sango raised an eyebrow.

"Storm clouds? But there's no signs of an oncoming storm today," she said.

Kagome simply pointed towards the meadow she had been wandering around in. Sango's eyes narrowed as she took in the black color of the clouds and the seemingly endless lightening.

"Kagome, go inside the hut," Sango said quickly shedding her kimono to reveal her battle outfit underneath.

"But what is it?" Kagome asked watching Sango tie her armor on.

"Demons," Sango said picking up Hiraikotsu, "Stay there and when Kohaku gets back from the village tell him to stay with you. Kirara!"

Kagome watched as Sango jumped on the firecat's back and flew towards the dark clouds. 'I can't just let her go by herself,' she thought taking one step forward, 'What if something happens and she'll need my help?' She waited around for a couple of seconds debating whether or not to go help Sango in any way she could before coming to a decision. Leaving a quick note for Kohaku to stay in the hut, she sprinted off towards the clouds hoping Sango was ok.

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Her scent. It had simply disappeared. It intrigued him. She had an…exceptional scent. When it was there. He didn't have time to study it with her insane outburst. Silly bitch. Sesshoumaru sat at his desk mulling over the strange hanyou. He had labeled her as hanyou because of her scent, and yet…where were her demonic traits? He had never heard of a hanyou born resembling a human and he was unsure of any magic spells that could hide her hanyou characteristics. Even if she had employed the use of magic, his superior nose would have been able to detect the magical residue left behind.

"She can't be human," he said to himself.

The girl was obviously lying about her background, perhaps to avoid the ridicule and persecution her kind suffered. 'Then why not choose to resemble a full blooded demon?' he wondered. Most hanyous craved the exceptional prowess full blooded youkai possessed. His younger brother had been one of the hanyous vying for the chance to become a full blooded demon. Sesshoumaru was well aware Inuyasha went after the Shikon Jewel to wish himself a demon, he was not surprised that Inuyasha had failed in his attempt. Inuyasha was a failure.

Sesshoumaru stood from his desk and gazed out the window towards his vast lands. That girl was out there in one of his villages somewhere probably trying her best to continue pretending she was human. A sudden thought struck him. That hanyou, who had requested his permission to retrieve a girl, could he have been talking about her? It was possible. He growled irritably. He had let her waltz around his lands and interact with his ward. His frown curled into a cruel smile. This just gave him another reason to kill her.

"Jaken!" he called. Immediately the door flew open and the hiki's smell invaded Sesshoumaru's senses.

"That girl you took to another village, where is she?" he asked. He sensed the change in Jaken's breathing and heartbeat.

"I…I had Maeko take care of it mi-milord. I do not know where she is," Jaken whispered bracing himself with the violent impact he was sure to come.

Sesshoumaru merely smiled to himself. A hunt? So be it. He strode from the room not sparing a glance at Jaken. The toad demon let out a sigh of relief, it seemed he was off the hook this time.

"Jaken, your punishment for disobeying me will be dealt with later," Sesshoumaru said allowing himself a slight smirk as the toad demon sighed dejectedly.

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Kagome moved stealthily behind a rock watching the battle. She still hadn't figured out how she was supposed to help Sango, but that couldn't be helped at the moment. She watched silently as Sango confronted two demons. They seemed to had the power to control thunder and lightening, and the handsome one apparently was the most skilled of the two. The ugly one merely stood back holding something almost protectively against his chest.

Sango seemed to be faring well against the handsome one, despite his attempts to fry her with lightening. She used the firecat's agility to her advantage, maneuvering between the bolts of lightening and striking at the demon with her katana. Kagome merely watched awestruck as Sango managed to knock the demon's staff away from him. It seemed the demon slayer wouldn't need her help after all, but since she was already there, she might as well enjoy the show.

Her eyes flicked to the demon who wasn't engaged in battle with Sango. 'What's that he's holding?' Kagome wondered squinting to get a closer look. Her eyes widened and she involuntarily let out a gasp when she figured out what it was, a fresh fox demon skin, still dripping with blood. She covered her mouth unable to tear her eyes away from the sight. The demon seemed oblivious to the blood cascading down his scaly arms. He was intent on cheering on his comrade in battle.

"Get her Hiten!" he cried giddily, "Rip that filthy human apart. Mmm, she'll make a tasty morsel for dinner."

Kagome gagged from behind her rock. They were going to eat Sango? She had figured only lesser wolf youkai ate humans. 'Well I guess all demons like the flesh of humans,' she thought. A sudden cry caught her attention and she peeked over her rock to view a small furball launch itself at the ugly demon. It latched onto his head growling loudly as he thrashed around trying to dislodge it.

"Hiten! Brother! Help me!" he cried. The handsome youkai paused momentarily in his battle to grace his brother with a look.

"Manten!" he shouted, "Don't be a weakling. It's just a pup, kill it!"

Kagome watched as the furball started furiously scratching at Manten's face still growling loudly. The demon roughly yanked it off his face and threw it as hard as he could. The furball sailed over Kagome's rock and landed a few feet away from her. She stared at it curiously before slowly crawling over towards it.

"It's a kitsune cub," she said to herself watching as it struggled to sit up.

Its eyes opened and settled on her. It would've been cute if it weren't for the feral, red-eyed look it was giving her and the ferocious growling it was emitting. 'It's going to attack!' she thought backing up into her rock.

"What have we here?" someone said behind her. She eeped and looked to see the ugly demon towering over her, staring down at her hungrily.

"Another human girl. Here to steal the fox fur perhaps?" he asked stepping closer towards her.

She scooted back keeping her distance between him and the still growling fox cub.

"No, I was just leaving actually," she mumbled assessing the best escape route. Maybe she could outrun him, he didn't seem like a very fast demon.

"I insist you stay, girl," he said moving to block any chance of escape, "We were in the middle of having dinner."

He lunged towards her just barely missing her as he was thrown off balance by the sudden attack of the feral kitsune. Kagome watched in slight fascination as the tiny demon clawed and bit its way to the demon's head. The demon swung around wildly clutching at its head, dropping the blood covered fur on the ground as he rammed up against the rock, successfully dislodging the kitsune once again. The fox lay still, seemingly unconscious from the blow to his head. 'Oh no!' Kagome thought crawling closer towards his prone form, 'What if he's dead?'

Manten seemed preoccupied. He was holding something small in his cupped hands trembling uncontrollably with anger oblivious to Kagome who was cradling the kitsune in her arms trying her best to awaken it.

"My hair," Manten whispered still staring down into his hands, "My only chance at beauty! Gone!"

He turned towards Kagome and the kitsune clutching his fallen follicle in his left hand, the other curled into a fist. His eyes were flashing from murky brown to red as he slowly advanced upon them. Kagome's gaze traveled from his left hand to his glittering eyes. All this over a piece of hair? She didn't have time to contemplate as Manten charged intending to smash Kagome and the kitsune into little pieces. She quickly rolled away from the now smashed rock and got on her feet running towards the center of Sango's battle still holding the kitsune.

"Kagome?" Sango questioned pausing in her attack on Hiten to regard the girl incredulously, "What are you doing here?"

"Saving this kit!" Kagome cried running towards the protection of Sango and Kirara.

She didn't make it as a sudden attack from directly behind her caused her to stumble and fall to her knees, the kitsune still clutched protectively to her breast.

"Now you die," Manten declared circling them slowly.

His eyes had turned completely red and his claws were lengthened and curled. Kagome curled into herself holding the cub who was slowly coming awake.

"Papa?" it whispered brokenly.

Kagome cried as realization dawned on her. That fox fur the two demons had was the carcass of its father. He had been trying to retrieve it.

"Ssh little one," she crooned, "I won't let them hurt you. I won't!"

Squeezing her eyes shut, Kagome braced herself for Manten's attack and prayed.

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